U.Va.'s
Final Exercises To Be Broadcast Live At Auditoriums Around Grounds

March
29, 2000 -- Hundreds of visitors to the University
of Virginia's Final Exercises on Sunday, May 21, will be able to
watch the ceremony in air-conditioned comfort.

Last
May, more than 25,000 people gathered on the Lawn for graduation.
To help ease the crowding and to provide seating for some family
members, University officials have arranged for up to 1,400 people
to view the ceremony from four handicapped-accessible auditoriums.

Each
student is given three tickets for reserved seats on the Lawn. While
a limited number of non-ticket holders can stand in an area on the
upper Lawn, that space increasingly has become overcrowded.

This
year some guests without tickets will be able to go to one of the
four sites where the broadcast will be shown on large projection
screens. Seating will be available on a first-come, first-served
basis at:

Newcomb
Hall Theatre, located near the Central Grounds parking garage, off
Emmet Street

Chemistry
Building Auditorium, located on McCormick Road, near Scott Stadium
parking lots